In 1882 the following books were used in the Cosmopolitan Schools: Ahn's Second German Reader Luken's German Copy-books Ahn's First German Book by Dr. Henn Ditto second, third and fourth Ahn's First German Reader with notes and vocabulary Otto's French Grammar Ahn's Second French Reader Ahn's French Primer Ahn's First and Second Courses Ahn's First French Reader Standard Books Used in Primary and Grammar Schools by Students Swinton's Word Book Brown's Physiology and Hygiene McGuffey's Revised Readers (5) Bartholomew's System of Drawing Harvey's Language Course (3) Barnes' Brief History of the United States Payson, Dunton and Scribner's System of Penmanship Robinson's Shorter Course in Arithmetic (3) Mason's Music Readers and Charts (4) Bryant and Stratton's Common School Book-keeping Monteith's Independent Cours in Geography (2) Stickney's Language Lessons Spelling Blanks By Teachers Swinton's Word Primer Calkin's Object Lessons Sheldon's Object Lessons Crowery's Moral Lessons Mason's Physical Exercises Nordoff's Politics for the Young Wilson's Manual of Instruction Sheldon's Elementary Instruction Hooker's Child Book of Nature Hopkin's Manual of American Ideas Mrs. Youman's First Lesson in Botany In 1882 it was located at Filbert Street between Taylor and Jones. Miss Kate Kennedy was Principal 1890 Winner of the Denman Medal (an award to students throughout the city from North Cosmopolitan School were: 1. Frieda G. Wulbern 2. Marion M. Gray 1890 Bridge Medal Winner 1. Ellis W. Furbush 2. Frederick Ouer That year, there were 986 books in their library, valued at $100.00. There were 300 textbooks.